Operation Poseidon

Operation Poseidon (12 July 1969) was a military operation of the Vietnam War that involved the MACV-SOG of the United States taking out a Viet Cong position on the damaged outskirts of Can Tho in southern South Vietnam.

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The Viet Cong guerrillas were active in southern South Vietnam since their creation, and in July 1969 they closed in on the city of Can Tho in the eponymous Can Tho Province. The Americans responded to this move by sending the MACV-SOG to defend the city from the Viet Cong guerrilla forces, supported by Huey gunships and napalm strikes from B-52s, and the Americans engaged the communist forces in close-quarters combat in the ruins of the city of Can Tho. The US troops were ambushed and many were killed at an intense crossfire under a derailed train bridge, and US napalm strikes struck the killzone to kill as many Viet Cong troops as possible. The Americans eventually succeeded in driving the Viet Cong back, with 82 Americans and 100 Viet Cong dying.